Thursday, April 25, 2013

Spring is in the air! Finally we can enjoy this nice weather and spend some time outside. There's nothing better than sitting outside on a cool evening around a fire pit and making smores (and drinking wine!)...

BUT apparently, blue + orange = NY METS. Mark was not so thrilled (big Yankee fan).
To his credit, he lets me decorate the rest of the house the way I want to so decorating his office (aka man cave) the way he wants to is really not a lot to ask.

Although I love the plan above, I'm the first to admit that it is a little too feminine for a man cave.
So, I'm back to my original plan of painting the credenza red. (Red=Rutgers and not Red Sox!)...

(I'm not sure if I'm going to keep the lounge chair and the bamboo chairs here)

(I'll probably end up reupholstering the pink chairs and moving the orange chairs to my office)

I'm finally working on the Playhouse under the stairs. (I changed the original plan quite a bit). Hopefully I'll have a reveal for you soon. Here's a little peak I posted on Instagram last Friday(you can follow me @mybestfriendcraig)...

Oh, and a BIG Thank you to The Aestate for including me in her Instastalking list! Such an honor to be featured alongside some of my favorite Instagrammers!
You can check out her list here and here.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

If you don't know who Jenny Andrews is, you are missing out! Jenny is the author of one of my favorite blogs, My Favorite and My Best. She is extremely talented, very funny, a cool mom to Fiona, and an awesome artist. I recently commissioned a piece from her...

"Tremble" by Jenny Andrews

18 x 24 acrylic and oil pastel on paper

(I used a Ribba frame from Ikea and had the double matting custom cut from Michael's.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Besides chair, I also have a weakness for settee/loveseat. As Suzanne and Lauren McGrath indicated in their book, "Good Bones, Great Pieces", the loveseat is the most versatile piece of furniture. From the starter apartment to the foot of the bed or breakfast nook, it is capable of taking on many roles...